new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

tara73

tara73 wrote: »

do you think you are funny and hilarious or have attention issues spreading your BS in this situation or why are you doing it?

really annoying, this is the third or so post of you with such nonsense and no back up. why are the mods not reacting to this and nobody else is calling this guy out on this??

We're allowed to post lies and bullshlt. Just take everything I say with a pinch of salt.

My thread about this fearmongering in feedback:

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058055420/1/#post112585000

Reply from an admin:

Beasty wrote: »

I agree with that sentiment. I posted a warning in the OP partially on the back of Ads by Google's feedback, but also after a number of reports. It can be seen via the link in the OP here, but the gist of it is none of us can be considered in any way "specialist" in the topic, but even if any of us feel we do have relevant knowledge we are all anonymous posters and unless a verified rep our own "expertise" is non-verifiable. Equally though those comments apply across the whole site.

Of course posting links to verifiable sources is different, but unlike other forums such as Politics we no not require such links to be posted and in the absence of such verifiable information everything posted should really be taken with a pinch of salt (except Mod warnings of course:pac:)

If boards.ie policy is to allow fake news in 2020, I will continue to make a mockery of it and the posters here doing it.

pc7

Hector Savage wrote: »

haha!! listening to RTE radio here - talking about the Rugby, talking like the Italy game is gonna happen .... fools..

I’m meant to be going to Paris for final game and just seeing how it plays out over next 3 weeks. I’m 70% thinking we won’t be going the way things are looking.

CinemaGuy45

pc7 wrote: »

I’m meant to be going to Paris for final game and just seeing how it plays out over next 3 weeks. I’m 70% thinking we won’t be going the way things are looking.

Yes but there is only a 35% chance of that.:P

Edit I am meant to be going away in 3 weeks also that is why I am following this thread.

Sure you have to laugh otherwise you might cry.

dominatinMC

I see "COVID-19" is now trending on Twitter...a sure sign that we're ****ed! :eek:

wakka12

70 more in South Korea, 833

Unearthly

[Deleted User] wrote: »

We're allowed to post lies and bullshlt. Just take everything I say with a pinch of salt.

My thread about this fearmongering in feedback:

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058055420/1/#post112585000

Reply from an admin:




If boards.ie policy is to allow fake news in 2020, I will continue to make a mockery of it and the posters here doing it.

Probably not the best idea to admit to trolling.

I think that's chapter 1 in how to be a troll

pc7

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Yes but there is only a 35% chance of that.:P

Edit I am meant to be going away in 3 weeks also that is why I am following this thread.

Sure you have to laugh otherwise you might cry.

Statistics

wakka12

https://mobile.twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1231845075329650688

Awwww Googly is bored. He’s been told to stay away from work for weeks now.

Any update on the work situation?

CinemaGuy45

Just for some perspective.

The situation seems to have really kicked into high gear in the last 24 to 48 hours.

Yes this thing is not the end of the world the death rate although disputed is pretty low.

However the economy as in the world economy is going to take a beating and the same morons who said there was nothing to worry about are going to be the first ones to go into full panic mode.

Hector Savage

Just listened to RTE Sean O Rourke talking to some doctor - we're ok, Ireland has a plan if it gets here..

phew....

mods can we close the thread now ?

Irish Stones

BanditLuke wrote: »

Panic buying in Milan

https://twitter.com/Royal_Creme/status/1231640096094531587/photo/3

People are just crazy everyday down there, let alone now

Irish Stones

Lyanna Salty Toadstool wrote: »

I hope they can manage to contain it but who knows at this stage, it seems to be such an insidious virus.

Italian government is a bunch of clowns and they have no clue of what is going on and what to do next.
They tell us (Italian) not to panic, but they are in a clear state of panic themselves.

CinemaGuy45

Hector Savage wrote: »

Just listened to RTE Sean O Rourke talking to some doctor - we're ok, Ireland has a plan if it gets here..

phew....

mods can we close the thread now ?

Why are you scoffing?

This is RTE the national broadcaster they got some doctor or something he says Ireland has a plan something or nothing is this not good enough for you?

tara73

Deleted User wrote: »

We're allowed to post lies and bullshlt. Just take everything I say with a pinch of salt.

My thread about this fearmongering in feedback:

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058055420/1/#post112585000

Reply from an admin:




If boards.ie policy is to allow fake news in 2020, I will continue to make a mockery of it and the posters here doing it.

good lord, you should have along hard think about yourself. what age are you? yours is the behaviour of a puberscent 13 year old boy!

wylo

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Just for some perspective.

The situation seems to have really kicked into high gear in the last 24 to 48 hours.

Yes this thing is not the end of the world the death rate although disputed is pretty low.

However the economy as in the world economy is going to take a beating and the same morons who said there was nothing to worry about are going to be the first ones to go into full panic mode.

Lets not forget the actual infection rate is very low too, especially with effort applied. We tend to forget Hubei has 58 million people.

Kermit.de.frog

There is no reason for panic whatsoever.

It is an interesting story to follow and speculate on but I don't feel concerned myself.

CinemaGuy45

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

There is no reason for panic whatsoever.

It is an interesting story to follow and speculate on but I don't feel concerned myself.

Maybe who knows for sure yet but.

Facts don't care about feelings.;)

pc7

This, this, this, this all day long is why I’m worried, our hospitals are bursting at the seams as it is, we do not have the facilities for an increase in people on ventilators or ICU requirements here https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1231817781643038721?s=21

Kermit.de.frog

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Maybe who knows for sure yet but.

Facts don't care about feelings.;)

The facts support my feelings.

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Why are you scoffing?

This is RTE the national broadcaster they got some doctor or something he says Ireland has a plan something or nothing is this not good enough for you?

cmac2009

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

There is no reason for panic whatsoever.

It is an interesting story to follow and speculate on but I don't feel concerned myself.

Tell that to the markets! This is going to have a enormous impact on economies around the world.

drunkmonkey

Hector Savage wrote: »

Just listened to RTE Sean O Rourke talking to some doctor - we're ok, Ireland has a plan if it gets here..

phew....

mods can we close the thread now ?

They have a plan alright, 20,000 dead here if it arrives going by the Sunday business post yesterday. We're are 96% capacity in ICU as it is and we've only a couple of proper oxygen ventelators. We're pretty much screwed was the theme of the report.

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Awwww Googly is bored. He’s been told to stay away from work for weeks now.

Any update on the work situation?

Just an email every Friday saying another week off.

CinemaGuy45

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They have a plan alright, 20,000 dead here if it arrives going by the Sunday business post yesterday. We're are 96% capacity in ICU as it is and we've only a couple of proper oxygen ventelators. We're pretty much screwed was the theme of the report.

Kermit.de.frog

cmac2009 wrote: »

Tell that to the markets! This is going to have a enormous impact on economies around the world.

Invest in toilet roll companies and you'll be grand.

Candamir

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They have a plan alright, 20,000 dead here if it arrives going by the Sunday business post yesterday. We're are 96% capacity in ICU as it is and we've only a couple of proper oxygen ventelators. We're pretty much screwed was the theme of the report.

A couple of ‘proper oxygen ventilators’? How many of the other ones do we have?
(I didn’t see the business post yesterday, can you link/copy the article)

drunkmonkey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They have a plan alright, 20,000 dead here if it arrives going by the Sunday business post yesterday. We're are 96% capacity in ICU as it is and we've only a couple of proper oxygen ventelators. We're pretty much screwed was the theme of the report.

In 2017, the amount of people who died in Ireland was around 30000. So the SBP reckons that if coronavirus arrives in Ireland, that it would increase the death rate by 66%.

Is it if one case arrives in Ireland or is there a minimum number of cases to arrive to activate the guaranteed 20000 deaths?

Also, what is a "proper oxygen ventilator"??

Hector Savage

CinemaGuy45

Deleted User wrote: »

In 2017, the amount of people who died in Ireland was around 30000. So the SBP reckons that if coronavirus arrives in Ireland, that it would increase the death rate by 66%.

Is it if one case arrives in Ireland or is there a minimum number of cases to arrive to activate the guaranteed 20000 deaths?

Also, what is a "proper oxygen ventilator"??

Don't forget this whole thing started with one case.

One case becomes two and that becomes four eight and so on.